New HD, HD cable, and re-installed OS, and several applications not cooperating: what to do?
MacBook Pro mid/late 2009, 13", 10.6.8
Hi, all.
Thanks in advance to all who can point me in the right direction!
Although this (may) sounds like a software issue at the outset, I have been directed to this (OSX 10.6) forum. [My original post is under the iLife/iPhoto forum and the thread is titled "iPhoto 8.1.2 doesn't work after reinstalled the OS 10.6.8?". If you are interested to see a couple brief comments of what others have had to say, check it out.]
In short, I have two applications (Mail and my precious iPhoto) that give a lengthy "Problem Report" when I attempt to open them, and two applications (Launchpad and Notes) that tell me I can't run the application with this version of mac OS. I have attempted to re-install Mail and iPhoto with no success and I have re-installed the OS (10.6 disc, 10.6.3 disc, and Software Update's 10.6.8) with no progress towards fixing Mail and iPhoto.
Here is the story:
iPhoto will not open and gives the error message ("Check with the developer to make sure iPhoto works with this version of Mac OS X.......")--as does Mail. (On another note, Launchpad and Notes, when attempting to open, give a me a, "You can't use this version of the application Launchpad with this version of Mac OSX. You have 10.6.8. The app requires 10.7 or later." Although, I do not use Launchpad or Notes, it would be nice to have all applications working again.)
I have tried reinstalling iPhoto (carefully, i.e., removing the old app and pkg files) with no luck. Note that in this case, I am using an iLife disc.
Hardware story: My computer had a plethora or issues several months ago--eventually not booting--I left it alone for a couple months while using a friend's computer in the interim. Eventually I had my laptop diagnosed as a having a bad HD. I replaced it myself (upgrading to a Western Digital, 7200 rpm and 750 GB). I had to troubleshoot when it came time to erase the new HD and ended up replacing the HD cable--then my computer was up and running (thus, although I have not checked experimentally, my old HD may actually have been OK all along).
Software story: I reinstalled my OS (10.6 from disc, 10.6.3 from disc, 10.6.8 using Software Update). Then restored using the most recent Time Machine backup prior to my computer initially having "a plethora of problems"--TM backup from external HD. If you've read all this, you are now caught up. My computer boots like a charm, Firefox works, Microsoft Office applications work, even iTunes works. But my precious iPhoto, Mail, and a couple other applications will not cooperate.
Here is the "Problem Report for iPhoto" minus all of the lines below "Binary images" (Note that the Problem Report when attempting to open Mail is more or less the same, e.g., the Dyld Error Message is the same):
| Process: | iPhoto [401] |
| Path: | /Applications/iPhoto.app/Contents/MacOS/iPhoto |
| Identifier: | com.apple.iPhoto |
| Version: | 8.1.2 (8.1.2) |
| Build Info: | iPhotoProject-4240000~8 |
| Code Type: | X86 (Native) |
Parent Process: launchd [110]
| Date/Time: | 2014-12-25 09:56:20.836 -0800 |
| OS Version: | Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549) |
Report Version: 6
| Interval Since Last Report: | -17254 sec |
| Crashes Since Last Report: | 15 |
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 6
| Anonymous UUID: | 18675662-5EB2-472B-A589-66415153551B |
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _NSApplicationDidChangeFocusedUIElementNotification
Referenced from: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/RemoteViewServices.framework/Versions/A/Remot eViewServices
Expected in: /System/Library/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Versions/C/AppKit
in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/RemoteViewServices.framework/Versions/A/Remot eViewServices
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
